Assembling or disassembling device.



v. a. & E. J. GUSTAFSON.

ASSEMBLING 0R DISASSEMBLING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3, 1913.

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ASSEMBLING 0R DISASSEMBLING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3. 1913.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VICron Gr. Guerrerson and Eninnn J. Gns'mrson, citizens of the United States, residing at Joliet, in the county of Will and State of llllinois, have invented an Assembling or Disassembling Device, of'which the following is a specificatio (lur invention relates to aeroplanes and is a combination of devices to facilitate the assembling or disassembling of aeroplanes having detachable sections and to accomtil plish the same without the use of bolts or similar fasteners.

The accompanying drawing illustrates our invention and shows its application to an aeroplane.

F igure 1 is a side elevation of about onehalf of an aeroplane. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a jack. Fig. 3 is a section of a jack. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a stanchion and the sleeve for sealing the joint. Fig. 5 shows a stanchion in a disassembling position and in combination with jacks that connect it with the planes, and Fig. 6 shows the same in assembled position.

The jacks at the end of each stanchion are identical in shape and operation and serve to connect the stanchionsceto the upper and lower lane sections 15. rning the sleeve 1 onthe lower part of the support 2 raises or lowers the support, and consequently increases or decreases the space between the upper and lower sections 15, and thus slackens or tightens the guy wires 16. The sections 5 are the lower arts and the sections 11 the upper parts of t e stanchions. The support 3 is also a cap for the end ofa stanchion-and is the means for pivoting a section of a stanchion on the su port 2, and engaging the socket a with its integral lug. In assembling, the ends of sections are moved between the cleats ltffihd the alin- Y ing of the stanchion moves the lug of support dint?) the socket t, and thus locks the lane sections together. The base 8 ot the jaclt, contains the dowel pins 10 which prevent the support 2 from turning when the sleeve 1 is turned. The pins 7 and holes 8 are for locking sleeve 1. The bolt holes 9 are means to secure the bases 6 to the dpeciflcationbf lettersheteut.

Application filed. Herons, 1913.

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plane sections 15. The sections 5 and 11 are connected by the hinge 13. The sleeve 12 is a sealing means when sections 5 and 11 are in alinement and is slidable over the joint. It can be seen that by manipulating a stanchion as shown in Fig. 5, one section of the aeroplane can be detached from another, also, that the guy wires can be relaned with the jacks and removed, and that an. important function of the jacks is to key the aeroplane up to the desired tension and rigidity. No particular form of jack is required, and we claim no novelty in the jackillustrated, but only for the combination of two jacks with a jointed stanchion. Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate the operations of each jack, support or cap 3 and socket l, whether used above or below.

What we claim isl. in an aeroplane composed of several detachable sections, jointed stanchions; twin 7 jacks, one secured to the inner side of a plane section above, at the edge thereof, and

the other secured in the same relative position to the plane section below; a socket secured to an adjoining edge of an adjoining plane section, opposite to each of said jacks; a supporting cap secured on each end at each of SfllCllSiZfiIlClllOIlS and pivotable in the projecting end of a jack; a lug, integral with each of said sup orting caps, and in a position to be engage by a socket, when the two sections of the stanchion are alined, or

to be withdrawn therefrom, when said sections are moved to an angle with each other.

2. In an aeroplane, stanchions, composed of two sections each, hingeable on each other; means to pivotally connect each end of each of said stanchions to one of the' means for holding said planes apart and as our own, we have hereunto efixed our guy Wires uniting the upper and lower secsignatures in the presence of two witnesses. 10 tionalmembers of each section, said means VICTQR G GUST ALFSON comprising hin ed posts adjustable means 3 for holding sai posts rigid and means for ELMER GUSTAFSON' Witnesses:

l'emovably securing said posts to upper and WILLIAM A. McRoBEnT,

lower sections.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing ORANGE B. SMITH. 

